Culvert.



R B. HIBBS.

GULVBRT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 17, 1912.

1,048,071.. Patented De.24,1912.

Inventor Attorneys g UNITED STATES TENT, OFFICE. j f j R BAzELL Hines,orI oRoFINo, iDAiio.

CULVERT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

" "i Patented Dee. 24,1912.

y Applcationled July 17, 1912. Serial No. 710,018. j n ,f

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, R BAZELL Hines, a citizen of the United States,residing at Orofino, in the county of Clearwater and State of Idaho,have invented a new and useful Culvert, of which the following is aspecification.

The device constituting the subject-matter of the present application,is a culvert adapted to be placed transversely of a highway, for thepurpose of catching the `water which flows downhill f in the wheel-rute,kthe kculvert constitutingl means kfor conducting the water laterallyinto the side ditches.

The present invention aims to provide4 a culvert of the type abovespecified, which may be cleaned out readily, and t-o this end.`

the grating of the culvert is provided with a removable intermediatebar, novel meansbeing provided fork spacing the intermediate bar fromthe side bars, and for preventing the intermediate bar from movinglongitudinally.

` Vith the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combinat-ion andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it beingy understood that changes in the preciseembodiment. of invention herein disclosed can be'made within the scopeof what is claimed without de parting from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings,-Figure 1 shows the invention in side elevation; Fig. 2is a top plan; Fig. 3 is a top plan, the intermediate bar being removed;Fig. 4 is a top plan of is an end elevation of the culvert; and Fig.

. 7 is a transverse section on the line 7-7 of Fig. 2.

lupper edges of the'side walls 2, intermediate cross bars 9 and 10,located between the end cross bars 7 and 8, being secured likewise tothe upper edges of the side walls 2. The

the ysame comprising longitudinal side bars f 11 and 12whichfarefsecured to, and rest upon, the cross bars 7, 8, 9 and 10,adjacent thee'nds of the cross bars. Primary separating blocks 14 .arelocated in the angles defined by the end cross bars k7 and by the sidebarsll and 12, theprimary separating blocks `14 being rigidly mounted,and being connected with the 'end cross bar 7 lor with the side. bars 11and 12, as maybe considn ered desirable. Otherprimary separatingbloclrsjl are similarlymounted upon the end cross bar 8. A secondaryseparating block 16yis held fixed in the angle dened by the intermediatecross bar 9 and the fixed sidebar 12, the separating block 16 upstandingabove the upper face of the cross bar 9. y

Another secondary separating block 17 is held fixed in the angle definedby the intermediate cross bar 10 and the side bar 1l, the separatingblock 17 upstanding above the uppery face of the intermediate cross bar10. The separating blocks 16 and 17 are diagonally disposed, as will beevident when Figg of the drawing is examined. Thev grating furtherincludes a removable intermediate bar 18, equipped, adjacent its ends,and upon opposite side faces, withlocking'blocks 19 and 20. Theremovable 'intermediate bar 18 is supported by the ycross bars 7, 8, 9and 10,

to prevent the removable intermediate bar 18 from moving transversely.The locking'y block 19 of the removable intermediate bar 18 engages withone ofthe spacing blocks 14, and the locking block 20 engages with oneofthe separating blocks 15, longitudinal movement ofthe intermediate barbeing thereby prevented.

InV practical operation, the culvert, con-jv structed as abovedescribed, is disposed transversely of the roadway.v The water' flowingdown hill will pass between ythe bars 11, 12 and 18, or will passbetween the bars -11 and 12 and the upper edges of the `the spacingblocks 14, 15, 16 and 17 kserving side wallsi'2, the water thus enteringthe trough, whereupon the trough, owing to the inclination of its bottom1, as indicated atl 6, will carry the water laterally into the sideditches. f

When itis desire-dto clean out the cul-k vert, the intermediate bar 18be lifted out of placey readily. Longitudinal movement of thevintermediate bar 18 kis prevented by the coperation! between the lockingblocks 19 and 2O and the spacing blocks 14 and 15, respectively. ment ofthe removable intermediate bar 18 is prevented by the separating blocks14, 15, 16 and 17.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed is 1. In a culvert,a trough including a bottom and side Walls; cross bars connecting theupper edges of the side Walls; side bars secured to the cross bars; anda removable intermediate bar supported upon the cross bars between theside bars; separating blocks upon certain of the cross bars and engagingopposite sides of the intermediate bar to separate the intermediate barand the side bars; and locking blocks upon the intermediate bar,engaging certain of the separating blocks to hold the intermediate baragainst longitudinal movement.

2. In a culvert, a trough including a bottom and side Walls, end crossbars and in- Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each,by addressing the Commissioner Washington,

Transverse move- 'termediate cross bars connecting the upper edges ofthe side Walls; side bars secured to the cross bars; spaced primaryseparating blocks held upon the upper faces of the end cross bars;diagonally disposed secondary separating blocks held in the anglesdefined by the intermediate cross bars and the side bars; a removableintermediate bar held spaced from the side bars by the separating blocksand resting upon the cross bars; and locking blocks upon the side facesof the intermediate bar, the lockingbars being engaged with certain ofthe primary separating blocks.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aiiixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

n BAZELL HiBBs.

Witnesses:

I). H. BLAKE, n BLAIR E. Hoon.

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